Re: 7.4 features list

On Tue, 2003-05-06 at 22:54, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote:
> > > The fact that people are putting so much emphasis on attracting newbies
> > > via the Windows port seems to me to be a good reason *not* to delay 7.4
> > > for it.  If we slip the schedule for it, what we will have is a rushed,
> > > probably not very solid port.  How many newbies will we lose permanently
> > > if their first exposure to Postgres is a buggy Windows port?
> > >
> > > I'd far rather see it done right for 7.5 than done hurriedly for 7.4.
> > 
> > It's a bit embarassing for those of us who have been saying '7.4 will have
> > win32 and pitr' :)
> 
> Jan is coming here tomorrow for 2-3 days, so I will know very soon how
> do-able Win32 is for June 1.  Of course, PITR is still unlikely by June 1.
> 
> Let me see what Jan finds tomorrow and I will report back.  The majority
> of the feedback so far seems to be to postpone for July 1.  This gives
> us more time for Win32 testing, and time for PITR.
> 
> Is there anyone who wants to argue for staying with the June 1 beta
> date?  If no, we can just assume July 1 for beta.
> 

Unless you and patrick both decide that even July 1 isn't doable, I
think we're all willing to wait an extra month.  I'd like to bring up
the question of when do folks see a 7.3.3 release?  Sometime in May? At
feature freeze?

Robert Treat